It’s quite amazing sometimes the way story lines intersect in sports. Take The Match, the TNT made-for-TV golf match set for Tuesday.
On one side is Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who will team up with Bryson DeChambeau. That duo squares off against Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. On the call on TNT will be Charles Barkley, Cheyenne Woods and Larry Fitzgerald.
Here’s one of those aforementioned intersections: Rodgers is a minority-stake owner in the Milwaukee Bucks. Fitzgerald, currently an unrestricted free agent who played 17 seasons for the Arizona Cardinals, is a minority-stake owner in the Phoenix Suns.
You can’t make this stuff up.
The Suns and Bucks meet in Game 1 of the NBA Finals at 9 p.m. ET Tuesday . Seven hours prior to the basketball game is The Match, set for 2 p.m. ET at Moonlight Basin in Big Sky, Montana.
Consider there to be more than a good chance all parties involved at The Match will gather after golf to watch the basketball game.
Kinda wish we could join ’em.
As minority stake owners of both teams in the NBA Finals, it’s now Aaron Rodgers’ Bucks vs. Larry Fitzgerald’s Suns for the championship. pic.twitter.com/qZ7Nl5qlCq
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 4, 2021
Barkley and Mickelson teamed up to win The Match III over Brady and Steph Curry. Mickelson made the cut at the Rocket Mortgage Classic and finished tied for 74th on Sunday, while DeChambeau missed the cut Friday in Detroit.
